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Ekstraklasa
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The Ekstraklasa is the top Polish professional league for mens association football clubs. Contested by 16 clubs, operating a system of promotion and relegation with the I liga, seasons starts in July, and ends in May or June the following year. Teams play a total of 37 games each, totalling 296 matches in the season, games are played on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and Mondays. The winner of the Ekstraklasa qualifies for the Polish SuperCup, the Ekstraklasa is now operated by the Ekstraklasa SA. The first games of the freshly created league took place on 3 April 1927, a total of 80 clubs have played in the top division of Polish football since the founding of the league, of which 16 clubs have won the title. The current champions are Legia Warsaw, who won their eleventh title in 2015–16, 4-5 December 1926 in Warsaw, representatives from several Polish clubs met each other. The purpose of meeting was to discuss about possibility of creating a league. It is unknown who came up with the idea of a league, a country wide league was thought to be a much more practical solution than hitherto practiced two-stage system of regional games, followed by a national game. To dismay of clubs officials, PZPN did not like the idea of a league, however, it turned out that virtually all but one of the Polish clubs supported the idea. The decision to create it was regardless of what PZPNs representatives thought of it. The creation of the League was announced on 1 March 1927, the only opponent of the Leagues formation was Cracovia – a very influential and strong organization in Polish football of the 1920s. Cracovias boycott was because its chairman, Dr. Edward Cetnarowski, Cetnarowski was a personality known not only in Poland, but also in other countries. It was due to his efforts that in September 1923 his club, Cracovia, the Kraków sides results were a 1–1 tie with FC Barcelona and a 0–1 loss to Real Madrid. In October, also thanks to Cetnarowski, FC Sevilla came to Kraków, games of the first Championships started on 3 April 1927. All major teams took part in it and this is the list of the teams, In this first season of the League, fight for Championship was decided between two powerful teams – Wisła Kraków and 1. FC Katowice. This rivalry was treated seriously, not only by the two sides involved, but also by the whole nation. 1. FC was regarded as the supported by German minority, while Wisła, at the end of this historic season. Some time in the fall of 1927 in Katowice, a game between 1. FC and Wisła took place

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Gwardia Warszawa
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Gwardia Warszawa is a Polish sports club based in Warsaw. The club was founded in 1948 and it participated in the Polish 1st League between 1953–1960, 1962–1966, 1967–1968, 1969–1975, 1978–1979 and 1981–1983. The biggest success was finishing 2nd at Polish Championship in the 1957 season, note, Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality, official Website Football in Poland List of football teams Champions Cup/League UEFA Cup

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Legia Warsaw
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Legia Warszawa /ˈlɛɡjə/, known in English as Legia Warsaw, is a professional football club based in Warsaw, Poland. Legia is one of the most successful Polish football clubs in history winning eleven Ekstraklasa Champions titles, the clubs home venue is the Polish Army Stadium. After the war, the club was reactivated 14 March 1920 in a casino in Warsaw as Wojskowy Klub Sportowy Warszawa, renamed Legia in 1923 after merger with another local club. It became the official football club of the Polish Army – Wojskowy Klub Sportowy Legia Warszawa. From 1949 to 1957, Legia was known as CWKS Warszawa, the first two acquired the club for an undisclosed sum, which also included paying off debts made by previous ownership, and Wandzel joined them in September 2014. The team had started its first training earlier in the spring of 1915, in July 1916, due to the Brusilov Offensive, Legia permanently moved to the capital city of Warsaw. Its first game in Warsaw was played on 29 April 1917 against the local rival Polonia Warsaw, the score was a draw – 1–1. Until the end of World War I, Legia had played nine games in Warsaw, it won six and its first away game was against KS Cracovia, which Legia won 2–1. With the win over Cracovia, at time the current Polish first league champion. Legia played its first match in Polish first league in Łódź on 8 May 1927 against ŁKS Łódź, marian Łańko scored the first league goal for the club. Since 1930, Legia has played at the Polish Army Stadium, in 1936 Legia was relegated to the second division, where it remained until the end of World War II. After World War II, Legia boosted its squad with new players and at the end of 1949 the club changed its name again. Eventually Kazimierz Górski joined the club and became a player for both the team and the Poland national team, the 1970s were known as Polands golden age of football. From the 1960s to the 1970s, Legias roster included powerful football players such as Jan Tomaszewski, Kazimierz Deyna, in the 1969–70 European Cup Legia achieved a successful campaign by reaching the semi-finals alongside Feyenoord, Leeds United, and Celtic. The following year, Legia reached the quarter-finals where they lost to Atlético Madrid, though the club had many national team players including Kazimierski, Okoński, Dziekanowski, Janas, Majewski, Buncol, Kubicki, Wdowczyk and others, the club had problems winning any league titles. However, thanks to winning four Polish Cups, the team was able to compete in European competitions, one of the more memorable European runs was the near upset against Internazionale during the UEFA Cup 1985–86, after two 0–0 games Legia lost in extra time. The next season Legia were yet again drawn against Inter, this time winning at home 3–2, Legia also won its first Polish SuperCup defeating Ruch Chorzów 3–0 in 1989. Winning the Polish Cup for the 9th time in the 1989–90 season Legia subsequently played in the UEFA Cup Winners Cup, the team then managed by Władysław Stachurski went through to the semi-finals of the competition facing Manchester United

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Odra Opole
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Odra Opole is a football club based in Opole, Poland, currently playing in the Polish Second League. The history of Odra Opole began on June 16,1945, when in the hall of former German city of Oppeln. Under first chairman, lawyer Leonard Olejnik, Odra organized first sports competition in the now-Polish city, in 1948, Odra merged with Lwowianka Opole and Chrobry Groszowice, and in 1948 -1958, the club was called Budowlani Opole. By 1950, Budowlani had several departments, including football, track and field, tennis, boxing, ice hockey, in 1951, managed by Mieczyslaw Bieniek, Budowlani won promotion to the second tier of Polish football system. In 1952, the team achieved promotion to the Ekstraklasa, after the playoffs with Wlokniarz Krakow, the team from Opole debuted in the Polish top league on March 15,1953, losing at home 1-2 to Gwardia Warszawa. After only one year, Budowlani was relegated back to the second division, in 1955, Budowlani, with its top scorer Engelbert Jarek, returned to the Ekstraklasa. In the same year, Opole’s favourites reached the semifinal of the Polish Cup, Budowlani, whose name was in 1958 changed back to Odra, remained in the Polish top class until 1958. After relegation, Odra quickly returned to Ekstraklasa, and in the early 1960s, in 1960 Odra, which at that time featured several players of the Polish national team was close to winning Polish championship. Managed by Teodor Wieczorek, the team lost in the round to Gwardia Warszawa. In 1962, Odra won third place in the Polish Cup, in 1963/64, Odra was again close to winning Polish championship. Managed by Artur Wozniak, it finished in the 3rd spot, in that year, Odra had 31 points in the Ekstraklasa, as many as the runner-up, Zaglebie Sosnowiec. In 1966, Odra was relegated, to return to the Ekstraklasa in 1967, in the early 1970s, Odra, managed by its former star Engelbert Jarek, had several top class players, including Josef Klose and Zbigniew Gut. Nevertheless, in June 1974 the team was relegated, in 1975, Engelbert Jarek was replaced by Antoni Piechniczek, former manager of BKS Stal Bielsko-Biala. After one year, Piechniczek won promotion back to the Ekstraklasa, Odra’s Wojciech Tyc was in 1975/76 top scorer of the second division, together with Janusz Kupcewicz of Arka Gdynia. There, it lost in the first round to East German side 1, in the autumn of 1978, Odra was a sensation of the Ekstraklasa. After winning several games, including 5-3 vs. Legia Warsaw in Warsaw, in the spring of 1979 however, Odra lost several important games, eventually finishing the championship in the 5th spot. After this season, Antoni Piechniczek resigned, to be replaced by Jozef Zwierzyna, in 1979/1980 Odra finished in the 9th spot, and in 1980/1981, it was relegated, not to return to the Ekstraklasa. Odra’s last so far game in the top Polish class took place on June 14,1981 vs Legia in Warsaw, after relegation, Odra remained in the second division, to be relegated to the third level, in June 1984